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UNITED STATES · 1960
The Dybbuk
Synopsis
The Dybbuk is a made for TV film adaptation of a classic Jewish folktale. The story is about a young Jewish man, Sender (Theodore Bikel) who loves a young Jewish woman, Leah (Carol Lawrence) but her father arranges her marriage with another man. The grief of this causes Sender to die, but his spirit passes into the body of his beloved on her wedding day. Rabbi Azrael (Ludwig Donath), who serves as
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Films with Similar Themes
supernatural possession · arranged marriage · forbidden love · Jewish folklore · spiritual redemption
